Hair curler



June 4-, 1940. w HUPPERT 7' 2203218- HAIR CURLER Filed July 15, 1939 INVENTOR BY AAIM QM ATTORN Y Patented June 4, 1940 UNITED STATES 2,203,218 1mm cuataa William Huppert, New York,

N. Y assignor, to

Delamere Company, Inc., a corporation of Dela- Application July 15, 1939, Serial No. 284,617

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in a hair curler of the typecomprising a pair of pivotally connected spring pressed cooperating members between which the ends of the hair are engaged and on which it is wound, said cooperating members having associated therewith a swingable clamp member which is adapted to be swung into position over the wound hair to keep it from unwinding.

Heretofore the cooperative members of curlers of this type have generally been m'ade'of metal.

In 'a pending application filed by Philip J. Graham, Serial No. 283,975, there is shown and described. a curler of this type in which the cooperating members are made entirely of molded plastic material and in which a U-shaped spring j is employed having its arms directed forwardly of the point of pivot of said members and out of contact with the handle portions thereof.

An object of the present invention is to provide an improved curler of the character described in said application but of such construction that a completely closed preformed wire clamp member or loop member may be applied to the curler.

A further object is to provide a curler construction wherein the component parts are held together in proper relation solely by means of the spring.

Another object is to decrease the labor cost of assembly of the parts of a curler of this type.

The improvements will appear from the following description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in

which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the curler;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3 with the front ends of the cooperating members broken away; I

Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary-bottom plan view of one of the cooperating members, commonly called the semi-tubular member;

Fig. 5 is a similar top plan view of the other cooperating member, commonly known as the tubular member; and

Fig. 6'is a plan view of the wire loop clamp member.

The device comprises two cooperating members l0 and II each having a handle portion I 2' at its rear end and each made entirely of molded plastic material. The member ID is commonly known as the tubular member, while the member I I is commonly known as the semi-tubular member.

The device also comprises a wire loop clamp member l3 having its ends welded or otherwise permanently secured together'at M. The outer extremity of the fastening the clamp in its hair engaging position, althoughother suitable fastening means may be used instead. In carrying out the present invention, the ends of the wire clamp are permanently secured together before the clamp is applied to the curler.

The semi-tubular member H is formed with a pair of ears it, one on each side, which ears have open ended slots l1. formed therein for reception of the closed clamp member I3. The tubular member, ID is formed with depressions l8 in its sides into which the ears fit. A transversely extending semi-circular passage or channel I8 is molded in the memberlll as seen in Fig. 5. There may be an enlarged cavity 20 at approximately the center of this passage to accommodate the welded portion Id of the clamp.

2| is a U-shaped spring having two arms 22 that fit into recesses 23 and 24 formed in the members Ill and II, respectively. The arms of the spring extend forwardly beyond the point of pivotal connection of the two members, and are disposed within said members.

In assembling the parts of the curler, the

welded end of the closed wire loop clamp mem-. ber I3 is laid in the passage I 9 of the tubular member ID. The semi-tubular member I l is then placed on top of the tubular member II) with the slots ll passing over the loop. The spring 2| is then inserted inposition, as shown in Fig. 2, and the parts are all held together in proper pivotal relation solely by means of the spring. It will be observed that the end I3 of the loop serves as a cylindrical pivot or fulcrum for the two cooperating members Ill and II.

In a copending application I have disclosed a curler so constructed that a closed wire loop clamp may be assembled thereto by inserting the loop through passages formed in said member which passages are subsequently closed to hold the loop in its assembled position. The present invention distinguishes therefrom in that the passages through which the clamp extends are not closed but are left open.

Various modifications in the details of construction herein described may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

What I claim is:

1 A hair curler of the character described comprising a tubular member and a semi-tubular clamp carries a roller 15 for.

membenr-each-of molded plastic material and each havingahandle portion, a closed wire loop clamp having one end seated in open passages formed in the tubular and semi-tubular mem-- bers, and a spring having arms fitting into recesses in the tubular and semi-tubular members for holding said members together to confine the loop in place, said tubular and semi-tubular members being unconnected to each other except by means of the spring.

2. A hair curler of the character described comprising a tubular member and a semi-tubular member each of molded plastic material and each having a handle portion, an open transverse passage in the tubular member and open ended slots in the semi-tubular member at each side of the passage, a closed wire loop clamp havingone end seated in said passages and slots, and a U-shaped spring having its arms fitting into recesses in the tubular and semi-tubular members for hold- 5 ing said members together to confine the loop in place, said tubular and semi-tubular being unconnected to each other except by-means of the spring. c

3. A hair curler of the character described comprising a tubular'member, a semi-tubular members member mounted lengthwise thei'eon. .and,;, a

closed wire loop clamp; the semi-tubular mm': her having an car at each side adjacent one end,

the tubular member having recesses in its sides in which the ears fit and a transversely extending passage to receive one end of the closed wire loop, the ears of the semi-tubular member having open-ended slots that pass over said end of the loop, and a U-shaped spring having one arm engaged within the tubular member and its other arm'engaged within thesemiftubulafmeinber to hold the two members together and topermit of pivotal movement of the one in relation to the other about the end of the loop as a pivot.

1. A hair curler of the character described comprising two pivotally mounted members between which theahair is clamped and around. whiehdt isWOundQ-a transverse groove in each of said members at the point where they pivot one on theother, a swingable clamping member seated in said grooves, and a spring having arms fitting into recesses in said cooperating members f or -holding said members, pivotally together and for holding theclampswingably in ,place 

